Set minimum sustainability standards to reduce the impact of your concrete use, asphalt, roadbed aggregate, or other construction materials.
Best Practice of this action
Rating Guideline
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Follow latest MnDOT specifications for recycled glass and aggregate in roadbeds. Report use of compost in projects under BPA 17.5. |
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All paving projects incorporate recycled asphalt (RAP); report use of warm-mix asphalt; use recycled plastic manhole adjusting rings. |
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Follow MnDOT specs for RAP and shingles (asphalt shingle manufacturing scrap and/or shingle tear-off scrap) in asphalt mixtures. |
Resources
- See MnDOT Standard Specifications for Construction for asphalt (search for Table 2360-4) and for concrete, and for compost (3890 on p. 715) that covers compost material used as a soil amendment for landscape planting or turf establishment purposes.
- See Portland, Oregon details on the financial, logistical, health and environmental benefits of warm mix asphalt use and see the MnDOT WMA Guidance document.
- See Use of Tire Derived Products in Roadway Construction (MnDOT: 2013).
- The West Coast Climate Forum provides suggestions for reducing the impact of your concrete and asphalt use.
Order Number
5
Action Type
Finite